Promo pack

Annecy Job applications

As i'm going to Acceny this year i used their website to apply for jobs. As i can only use one cv and showreel for this i'm applying for more 3D Artist, modeling jobs.

Plans for the future

I contacted Christopher Coleman who has a very interesting and helpful blog all about the animation industry in China. His response was very helpful for me, i took his advice onboard and started working on work for my showreel.

After getting my showreel sorted i applied for an internship at Disney which unfortunately i got turned down for but viewing the quality of the work on the showreels that get picked, i am a very far way off from that. Which is ok, at least now i have better revaluated the level of my skills.

I also applied for a 3d artist internship at Blue Zoo, i have yet to hear a response from them.

In terms of my plans to move to China, i have set up a meeting with an ex Leeds college of art student who worked at a foundation school in Beijing, this is to find out more information about this opportunity.

To be honest i'm not in the best position because my skills need to be improved a lot because i can get a job in a studio and to do that i need more time which i don't have. But i'm sure something will work out.

Social networking platforms

Throughout last year and this year i have used Instagram as the main platform for displaying my work. This year however i still use Instagram a lot for posting my work but i have created an Art station because this is what a lot of professionals use for their portfolio. Especially 3d modellers, so it was important for me to create one.

The other website i have been used more is LinkedIn. I created it in second year but never used it so this year i updated it and started using it a lot more to find professionals and find out more about their work and also its a really great platform for getting noticed.

Branding

For my branding i wanted to use an image of one of my 3d models as the icon. I picked the one with the most interesting silhouette because i think this is the most primary thing people will see.

Contacting people

1 At MAF i spoke to tom box from blue zoo and he said he would put me through to a modelling to have a look at my modelling work. Unfortunally i never got any feedback for my work but i'm sure this is because he is just very busy.

2 On my instagram account i saw blue zoo liked one of my modelling posts so i messaged them on instagram asking for advice.

3 On the annecy messaging system i contacted a director from pearl studies in Beijing asking for advice on my showreel. unfortunately i got no response.

4 I contacted Chris Coleman who is a animation journalist and he gave me some very useful advice. He told me about some companies and told me to concentrate on my showreel and getting that good first.

5 I contacted a designer called Oliver Smith who worked in a school in Beijing. I have a meeting with him soon

6 I sent a message to a modeller called Christopher Wright who i realy admire as a modeller but unfortunately i got no response.

7 I sent a message to Pedro Conti who is a modeler and texture artist who i really like but unfortunately i lso got no response.

I also messaged alot of other professionals but unfortunately none of them got back in touch with me.

为什么我开始学中文了 why i have started to learn Chinese

从我在大学开始最后的一年级我开始学习汉语，现在我的中文练习有一个真大部分在自己的生活中。为了学中文我每天早上学习两小时。但是有的时候我太忙的时候或者我太累了我只花一小时学中文。

最近我通过了我的中文考试。所以现在我可以把成绩放在我的CV了，因此现在我希望找工作在中国不太难的。

学中文让我用我的时间更聪明的，而且我觉得学一个语言是一个很好事情做。现在我找不到动画工作机会在中国但是我会继续找。我联系一个动画工作的人了。他现在住在北京， 我问他我应该做什么而我问他我应该用什么办法去中国。他的回答是我应该只学习很多，让我的 showreel 更好看，然后找动画工作在中国。

当然，现在我的中文不太好了所以我仍然需要继续努力。但是我开始学一个很有意思的语言的基础。

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From the beginning of my last year at university, I began to learn Chinese. Now I have a Chinese practice that has a big part in my life. In order to learn Chinese, I study for two hours every morning. But sometimes when I'm too busy or I'm too tired, I only spend an hour learning Chinese. I recently passed my Chinese exam. So now I can put my achievements in my CV, so now I hope to find a job in China is not too difficult. Learning Chinese allows me to use my time smarter, and I think learning a language is a good thing to do. At the moment I can't find an animation job in China but I will continue to look for it. I contacted an animator. He lives in Beijing now. I asked him what I should do and I asked him what method I should use to go to China. His answer is that I should firsty study a lot, focus on getting my showreel looking better, and then find animation work in China. Of course, my Chinese is not very good now so I still need to work hard. But I have started to learn the basics of a very interesting language.

Life Drawing

I have been developing my life drawing skills as well as my other skills such as modelling and rigging as i believe constructional drawing techniques are the basis for a lot of disciplines in animation. especially modelling.

I think drawing is the most important subject. Because drawing is the foundation of many disciplines. These are some of my drawings from this year: